Laid Off? Here’s How to Stay Afloat
Last month, the Labor Department reported that the jobless rate hit 5.5% — the highest level reported since October 2004 and a significant jump from the 5% rate reported a month earlier. And according...
View ArticlePanasonic to cut 15,000 jobs
Panasonic said it would close 27 manufacturing sites in the current year to March, and carry out another round of plant closures of a similar scale in the next business year.
View ArticleCaterpillar Will Rehire If Stimulus Passes
Caterpillar Will Rehire If Stimulus Passes SPRINGFIELD, Va. — President Barack Obama, campaigning to cast his economic plan in terms of real jobs and families, said Wednesday that machinery giant...
View ArticleHow to talk to a friend who’s been laid off
Being laid off used to be taboo. But not anymore. And most of us have thought through some sort of plan for if it happens to us. Gone are the days when people pretend this is not happening.
View ArticleThe Seven Dumbest Layoff Alternatives
From Forbes.com Dr. John Sullivan is a workforce planner. That’s a nice way of saying layoff specialist. Sullivan says almost all layoffs and layoff alternatives are done wrong. That’s a big issue,...
View ArticleMore Jobs Coming to Columbus, Norcross
From Georgia Public Broadcasting News Two companies have announced in recent days that they would soon add several hundred jobs in Georgia. YesVideo (www.yesvideo.com), a company that converts home...
View ArticleIn 2009, Layoffs Is the Business to Be In
From the New York Times As companies across the country eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs, one field is hiring: the layoff industry. Businesses that specialize in “career transition” can barely...
View ArticleTen American Companies That Won’t Cut Jobs
There are a relatively small number of America's largest companies which will almost certainly not have significant layoffs.
View ArticleWhat to Do If You Get Laid Off
Employment consultant Martha Finney doesn’t pull any punches when she talks about layoffs. “The very first thing we should all do is just cop to the fact that it could be us,” she says. “If we’re...
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